Cigarette lighter



P 1952 F.. A. B. JONES 2,608,848

CIGARETTE LIGHTER Filed Feb. 21, 195k INVENTOR 1 BY I r 1 ATTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 2, 1952 UNITED STATES .PATENT' ornce 2,608,848 i V CIGARETTE LIGHTER Fred an. Jones, Coral Galbl esfli la. Application February 21', 195i),"Serial-No. 14 ,555

1 Claim. (01. 817-11 This invention relates to cigarette lighter construction, the primary object of the invention being to provide a lighter wherein a long flint or a plurality of substantially short lengths of flint may be used and fed to the flint-engaging wheel of the lighter, by a short spring contained in the lower end of the tube in which the flint operates.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cigarette lighter including a cylindrical container open at its upper end, which-container holds a bobbin around which a wick is wrapped,

the wick being held within an opening of the screw cap at the top of the container, which screw cap is threaded into a threaded opening of the upper end of the body portion holding the wick in place to be ignited by sparks from the provide a guard in the form of a screen case surrounding the upper end of the wick, the screen providing a wind breaker and at the same time providing means to permit a cigarette to be placed thereagainst during the lighting of the cigarette,

V thereby insuring an even lighting of the cigarette" without danger of burning the face.

' Still another object of the invention is to provide a filler cap for the main fuel chamber of the lighter, which fuel cap is supplied with an extension in which a wick is secured, the wick and v I extension being submerged in the liquid fuel contained in the fuel chamber so that the extension with its wick may be removed from the fuel chamber and held before the flint and wheel to be lit by the sparks from the flint, thereby providing means for holding in the bowl of a pipe to light the tobacco of the pipe.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as'claimed.

Referring to the drawing Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a cigarette lighter, constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fi 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1.v

Fig. 4 is a fragmental elevational view, partly in section, illustrating the lower end of the flint tube, .showing one of the movable tips on which the coiled spring which operates in the flint tube.

. is positioned.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the body portion of the lighter is indicated generally by the ing, through which the flint ,H moves, the flint ll being engaged by. the teeth of the wheel 12 mounted on the bearing [3 that in turn is mounted r in openings formed in the support I 4.

The reference character I5 indicates the flint tube which is secured to the cap H5, at the lower end of the tube [5, the tube l5 being provided with a longitudinal slot I! through which the arm l8 extends, the arm l8 having a threaded bore through which the threaded rod [9 extends, the rod l9 being secured to the upper end of the member 20 that carries the thumb piece 2| on its lower end, by means of which the member 20 and threaded rod 19 are rotated.

The arm I8 is formed with an end 22 that extends into the flint tube 15, where it is provided with the tip 23 on which one end of the coiled spring 24 rests, the opposite end of the coiled spring 24 engaging the supporting tip 25 on which the lower end of the flint ll, rests. Thus it will be seen that due to this construction, when the threaded rod I9 is rotated, the

1 arm l8 will be moved longitudinally of the flint tube, elevating the flint tube to force it into contact with the teeth of the wheel 12. At the upper end of the threaded rod I9, is the yoke 26 within which the threaded rod [9 is mounted for rotation, the yoke being secured to the flint tube I5,

30 resting on the bottom of the wick chamber 3|, in which the wick 28 is positioned.

The wall of the wick chamber is formed with a series of openings 32 which establish communication between the fuel tank 8 and wick chamber 3!, allowing the fuel in the fuel tank 8 to pass into the wick chamber, saturating the cotton which is indicated by the reference character 33 and which is placed around the wick 28.

Disposed at-the upper end'of the wickchamber 3I',"and secured to the upstanding flange 34 formed on the top 9 of the body portion, is a chamber formed of the wire mesh material indicated at 35 which houses the upperend'of the wick and provides a wind breaker or guard, protecting the flame of the wick, againstbeingextinguished by the wind. This wire-meshmember also affords means whereby a cigarette or cigar may be placed against the wire mesh-material to insure an even lighting of the cigarette or -cigar held thereagainst.

The top 9 of the body portion is also-formed '-----w'-ith anopening' that is surrounded by the flange 36, the flange being internally threadeditdresecured, the stembeing 'oi alength: tcextend aisubstantial distance into theftank. v'IlI-he'lower endf the stern 38 is provided'with a 'wick' 39 which will become saturated With."th lighting -y fluid,'and'when itiisdesired to light azpipe, this eep 3! maybe unscrewediand' the stemw ith its wick removed. The wick may now be held over ithe wheel lil, oriin a pc'sition'wherefsparksirom After the wick has been lighted, it=may beposi- -portion- 't0 close the upper: endotthabbdy liportion. "While the closure in'this' invention is shown as being 0f the: type which fits 'over the upper endv of the-body portion} it is to be understood that the closure may be of' the hinged llightelfwithout departing-irom the spirit of the i'invention.

In' the ope'rati'on' of the device, the wheel I 2 5 ing the threads of the wick cartridge receiving opening and closing said opening, a wind guard carried by the plug in concentric spaced relation to the aperture, said wind guard extending longitudinally from the plug on the side thereof 1'()' remote i from T the fuel chamber, an" elongated perforated cylinder cai'riedbythe plug and extending into the fuel chamber, an elongated bobbin carried by the cylinder and extendin g longitudinally therein in concentric spaced rela- 15 tion therewith, a wick encircling the bobbin in a"series"ofconvolutions and extending through the 'aperture in the plug, a filling of fibrous fuel absorbent material within the perforated cylinder and surrounding the convolutions of the wick 20 in contact therewith,- a flint guide threadedly -engagingthe threads 0f the openingl'in the top wall whicn cominiinicates with; the flint chamher,- said i flint gui'de h'aV-ing "anaXiatl flintreceivingand guiding opening extending theiethrough,

intersecting the axis off the flint 'guiding' opening on the side" of the" plug" remotefrorn -the fiint chamber, a plug threadedly engaging thethreads of theppening' in-the bottom"wall; a'=-ltu-bular *fiint magazine carried: by the last -'nained -plug and extending into thehint chamber axial *alignmentwith the flint-receiving opening; a "threaded stem' mounted-for rotation the last named plug and extending into the'fiint chamber in spaced parallel *relation to the flintmagazine, and afollower threadedly engaged with the threaded stemand extending'into the fiint magazine for engaging flint in said-magazinefand ad- "vancing it through the axial opening 'in"the flint guide and. into contact with the sparking wheel.

' L .FRED' A.B.'"JONES.

REFERENCES CITED ypeito 'springopen' when it'i's' desii edto use the 5 following references are recO-rdi the file of this patent:

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